Coverage of mass shooting at Capital Gazette in Annapolis

A gunman blasted his way into the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis with a shotgun Thursday afternoon, killing five people and injuring two others, authorities said.

Five people died and two others were injured in a shooting June 28, 2018, at the Capital Gazette office in Annapolis. Jarrod W. Ramos, a Laurel man with a long-running feud with the newspaper, has been charged with murder in the shooting.

The city of Bowie and other local organizations this month will honor the victims of the Capital Gazette shooting and first responders. The Annapolis Elks Lodge will thank first responders and honor the shooting victims during a plaque unveiling. The event will be at the Elks Camp Barrett Saturday...

The Michael and Jackie Ferro Foundation has made a $1 million gift to the Capital Gazette Families Fund, driving the total available to those affected by the deadly newsroom shooting to more than $1.8 million, said Amy Francis, development director for the Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County....

With a renamed seminar room, writing contests and a placard in its football stadium press box, the University of Maryland will create permanent testaments to the five victims of June’s mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newsroom. The Philip Merrill College of Journalism will rename an executive...

Laura Thacker Schrank admits she chickened out the first time she tried to give blood. She was at one of the biannual blood drives Wendi Winters organized at their church, Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis. Thacker Schrank planned to donate, but changed her mind at the last minute. “She...

In the two months since the deadly shooting in the Capital Gazette newsroom, donors have contributed more than $935,000 to help the survivors and family members of the victims in gifts as small as $1 and as large as $100,000. “It’s been the most beautiful, touching thing that we’ve received gifts...

The Orioles honored first responders to the Capital Gazette shooting at Friday night’s game against the New York Yankees at Camden Yards. Members of the Anne Arundel and Annapolis fire and police departments and the sheriff’s office were recognized during the game. On June 28, a gunman used a shotgun...

Maryland Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith hasn’t been able to bring herself to delete a voicemail message that John McNamara left two months ago, about an hour before he and four other Capital Gazette staffers were shot to death. The reporter called that day to discuss the primary election. But he...

Jarrod Ramos, the man charged in the Capital Gazette shooting, made his first court appearance Monday and could stand jury trial within a year. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura Kiessling set a trial for Jan. 15, to last about 10 days. She also granted a good cause motion by public...

The man charged in the death of five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom may be considering a plea of not criminally responsible by reason of insanity, according to court records requesting more time to consider that defense. Jarrod Ramos’ attorney has filed a motion Monday claiming there is...

I have always felt that civil servants are often taken for granted. Recently the Caucus of African-American Leaders established branches in Baltimore County and Harford County. Last week, we met with interim Baltimore County Executive Don Mohler. Mr. Mohler was running behind schedule. He told...